Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 09:13:17 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> Cc: freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/3066: System lock-up after npx0 probe with 2.2-RELEASE Message-ID: <199704021613.JAA13732@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199704020750.XAA13355@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <199704020750.XAA13355@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> >> Sounds like the VGA chip in your system is having difficulty with > >> Pentium-optimized bcopy(). > >> > >> Try setting 0x01 in the configuration flag of the `npx0' device in > >> UserConfig. This flag bit will disables the Pentium-optimized bcopy(). > > > >Setting the npx0 flag to 1 works. Thank you! Just out of curiosity, what does > >the VGA chip (Chips & Tech 65545) have to do with the bcopy routine? > > I don't know exactly. My understanding is that some VGA chips cannot > catch up with the speed of the Pentium-optimized bcopy()... Hmm, my 75 Mhz Pentium laptop works fine w/out any flags, and has a C&T 65545 chip. Nate
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